Heater for watering-tanks



(No Model.)

A. MGGOWEN.

HEATER POR WATERING TANKS.

No. 386,645. Patented July 24, 1888.

IINiTEn STATES lATENT DFFICE,

ALEXANDER MCGOVEN, OF INDEPENDENCE, IO\VA.

HEATER FOR WATERlNG-TANKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,645, dated July 24,1888.

Application filed March 13, 1888.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.'

Be itknown that I, ALEXANDER McGowEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Independence, in the county of Buchanan and State 0f Iowa,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I'Ieaters forVatcring- Tanks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a longitudinal section of my improvedheater; Fig. 2, an end View with the shield removed to show the interiorofthe [ire box.

The object of the present invention is to pro vide means l'or electuallyheating the water in tanks for watering stock, the device being placedin the water,whereby the entireamount of heat generated is utilizedunder the surface ofthe water tor retaining the water to the requireddegree of heat for the stock.

The invention consists in the several details ofconstruction,substantially as shown in the drawings, and hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the accon'ipanying drawings, A represents the firebox, the bottomthereof being` disposed on an incline, so that the ashes will gravitatetoward the front ofthe device to be more convenieutly removed throughthe shield B at onel end of the box, the opposite end thereof having thesmoke pipe connected thereto. rIhe iire-box, shield, and smoke-pipe areperfectly watertight, and when the heater is placed in the water theupper ends ot' the shield and pipe are above the water-level.

The shield Gis for the twofold purpose of preventing the water fromentering the rebox when supplying the box with coal or removing theashes, which is accomplished by withdrawing the ashes out through theshield, also supplying coal to the box in the same manner, said boxbeing provided with agrate, D, preferably formed in two sections tofacilitate its removal.

Serial NoA 267,098. (No model.)

Vhen it is desired to remove the ashes, the grate is elevated, as shownin dotted lilies, by means of a hooked rod, E, the hook upon the upperendofthe rod hooking over the edge of the shield Il alter the cover Fthereto has been removed, thereby holding the grate in an elevatedposition, as shown. The cover F has au opening, G, in it, which isclosed, or partially closed, by a slide, H, to regulate the dral`t,saidcover simply resting on the upper end ol' the shield and can be readilyremoved when desi red.

The fire-box A is provided with a sliding` door, I, to cut oft'communication between said box and the shield when found necessary, andwhen access is desired to the fire-box for supplying it with coal, orremoving the ashes or placing wood on the grate for the purpose ofstarting a fire, or to l'orm a dral't to promote combustion, as the casemay be, the door is raised the required height by means of the rod a,and is held in its raised position by means of a pin, e, entering oneot' a series of holes, c, in the rod and a hole in the shield B. \Vhenthe slide H is opened, it is necessary to raise the door I sufficientlyto admit air, which passes down through the opening G to the tire-boxunder the grate.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

In a heater for waterngtanks, the {ire-box A, provided with shield I3,and smokepipe C, extending up above the same,aud the grate D, incombination with the removable cover F, having hole 0r opening G and theslide H, and the sliding door I, located between the firebox and shieldto close or open communica tion between the two, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER MCGOVEN.

Vitnesses:

JED LAKE, M. W. HARMON.`

